John Keats: O Solitude! if I must with th...

To G. A. W.

To My Brothers

O Solitude! if I must with th...

 O Solitude! if I must with thee dwell,   Let it not be among the jumbled heap   Of murky buildings; climb with me the steep,-- Nature's observatory--whence the dell, Its flowery slopes, its river's crystal swell,   May seem a span; let me thy vigils keep   'Mongst boughs pavillion'd, where the deer's swift leap Startles the wild bee from the fox-glove bell. But though I'll gladly trace these scenes with thee,   Yet the sweet converse of an innocent mind, Whose words are images of thoughts refin'd,   Is my soul's pleasure; and it sure must be Almost the highest bliss of human-kind,   When to thy haunts two kindred spirits flee. 

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To G. A. W.

To My Brothers